Chap. 554.—An ACT to authorize and empower corporations or persons operating
electric railroads or railways in the city of Alexandria and from the city of
Alexandria to any point in the county of Alexandria, and from the city of Alex-
andria to any point in the county of Fairfax, to provide for the separation of
white and colored passengers traveling upon cars and coaches upon their re-
spective lines of railroad or railway, and to require passengers to obey the in-
structions and directions of the conductors or managers of such cars or coaches.

Approved “April 2, 1902.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That all com-
panies or corporations, person or persons running or operating trains,
cars, or coaches by electricity, or any railroad line or track within the city
of Alexandria, and from the city of Alexandria to any point in the county
of Alexandria, and from the city of Alexandria to any point in the county
of Fairfax; and all railroads, traction or power companies, person or per-
sons running or operating trains, cars, or coaches by electricity in the
city of Alexandria, and from the city of Alexandria to any point in the
county of Alexandria, and from the city of Alexandria to any point in
the county of Fairfax, whether upon lines of railroad owned, in part or
in whole, or leased, or lines that may hereafter be granted or constructed
in the said city, and from the said city to any point in Alexandria county,
and from the said city to any point in Fairfax county, and all foreign cor-
porations organized under charters now granted or that may be hereafter
granted by any other State, or person or persons who may now or may
hereafter be engaged in running or operating any electric railroad or
railway within said city to any point in the county of Alexandria, and
from said city to any point in the county of Fairfax, either in part or in
whole, either in their own name or in the name of others, be, and are
hereby, authorized and empowered in all such cars or coaches to separate
the white and colored passengers, and to set apart or designate in each car
or coach a portion thereof, or certain seats therein, to be occupied by
white passengers, and a portion thereof, or certain seats therein, to be
occupied by colored passengers.

2. That the said companies, corporations, or persons so operating
trains, cars, or coaches upon said lines of railroad or railway shall make
no difference or discrimination in the quality and convenience of the ac-
commodations provided for the two races under the provisions of section
one.

3. That the conductor, manager, or other persons in charge of any car
or coach so operated upon any such line of railroad or railway shall have
the right at any time, when, in his judgment, it may be necessary or
proper for the comfort and convenience of the passengers so to do, to
change the said designation so as to increase or decrease the amount of
space or seats set apart for either race, or he may require any passenger
to change his or her seat when and as often as he may deem necessary or

roper.

4 That all persons who shall fail to take and occupy the seats as-
signed to them as hereinhefore provided, or fail to obey the instructions
and directions of the conductor or manager of such car or coach as to the
scat or space to be occupied by such passenger, shall be deemed guilty of
2 misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than
five dollars nor more than twenty-five dollars. And any person or persons
failing to take and occupy the seat or seats assigned to him, her, or them,
or failing to obey the instructions and directions as herein provided for,
may be ejected from said car and from the right of way of said company
by any conductor, motorman, or manager of said company; and in casc
such passenger ejected shall have paid his fare upon said car, he shall not
be entitled to a return of any part of said fare. |

5. Each conductor and motorman in the employ of said company upon
the cars of said company shall be a special policeman, and have all the
powers of conservators of the peace while upon the cars and right of way
of said company in the enforcement of the provisions of this act, and in
the discharge of his duty as such special policeman in the enforcement of
order upon said cars and said right of way.

6. That no company, corporation, persons, conductor, manager, or
motorman shall in any case be liable for damage to any one for any act
performed in the enforcement of the provisions hereof.

?. That the provisions of this act shall not apply to employees en-
gaged in conducting, managing, or operating said trains, cars, or coaches,
nor to persons employed as nurses, nor officers in charge of prisoners.

8. This act shall be in force from May first, nineteen hundred and two.